MILITARY TIMES
Sailors, Marines Eye Free LASIK
70,000 could undergo surgery by October
By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Mar 17, 2007 13:57:56 EDT
By October, the Navy expects to have provided up to 70,000 sailors and Marines the "Cadillac" of vision enhancement surgery -- wavefront guided Lasik with IntraLase -- free of charge.
The surgery, which costs between $5,000 and $7,000 in the civilian world, will be provided to service members at seven naval hospitals, according to Capt. Christopher Armstrong, director of aerospace medicine for the Navy.
In addition, Armstrong said Bureau of Medicine and Surgery officials are in the final administrative stages of approving the surgery for Navy and Marine pilots and aviation candidates.
